New Andor Trailer Teases The 'Juggernaut' That Is Season 2 — Get 4-Week Release Schedule
"The revolution starts now," an atypically contemporary song choice (via Steve Earle) tells us in the first, action-packed trailer for Season 2 of Disney+'s acclaimed, live-action Star Wars series, Andor.
UPDATE: A second teaser, released March 5 and seen below, amps up the anticipation even more, with additional gob-smacking visuals and cast member Genevieve O'Reilly avowing, "If Season 2 laid the track, Season 2 is the juggernaut."
The Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series, which wrapped filming about a year ago, will premiere its second and final season on Tuesday, April 22, with the first three episodes. It will then continue with three episodes each week, through May 13.
Andor Season 1 streamed Sept. 21 through Nov. 3, 2022, but the SAG-AFTRA strike slowed down production on the acclaimed sci-fi drama's second season.
What all do we know about Andor Season 2? Well....
4. What Is Season 2 About?
A prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Andor in its first season followed the titular Cassian (Rogue One's Diego Luna) as his murder of two "corpo" guards led him to meet Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård), a key member in the budding Resistance movement. Cassian helped with the heist of an Imperial payroll, but even after escaping, wound up imprisoned.
Following a jailbreak, Cass made his way home to Ferrix in time for his mother's funeral, and managed to elude capture by the many factions hunting him. As the season came to a close, he joined Luthen aboard his Fondor craft, ready to assist the Resistance further.
Season 1 opened up five years prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and spanned one year. Season 2 will span the remaining four years leading up to Rogue One.
3. How Many Episodes Is Season 2?
Andor Season 2, like the first season, will run 12 episodes and span the remaining four years leading up to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, reportedly time-jumping after every three episodes.
A three-episode "chapter" will be dropped each week, over the course of four weeks.
2. Who Is Returning?
In addition to Luna and Skarsgård, confirmed returning cast members include Genevieve O'Reilly (as Mon Mothma), Adria Arjona (Bix), Denise Gough (Dedra), Kyle Soller (Syril), Varada Sethu (Cinta Kaz), Faye Marsay (Vel Sartha), Elizabeth Dulau (Kleya Marki) and Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera).
1. Who's 'New' for Season 2?
As part of an interview with The Playlist, Alonso Ruizpalacios — who directed the last three episodes of Andor Season 2 — let slip that he worked on the Star Wars TV series with heavyweight actors like Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker "and Ben Mendelsohn."
In Rogue One, Mendelsohn played Imperial Director Orson Krennic, an Imperial bigwig who compelled Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen) into completing work on the OG Death Star.
Mendelsohn's encore in Andor was confirmed at D23 last August — as was an appearance to be made by the Rogue One droid K-2SO, which will again be voiced by Alan Tudyk (Resident Alien).
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